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Vanhouten, 47, and Alexander, 36 discovered the theft when they returned to their car.

They flagged down the same officer who had earlier cited them for shoplifting.

CCTV showed at the store confirms that a thief broke into Mr Alexander's car. He flagged down the same officer who had questioned him and Ms Vanhouten minutes earlier to report the burglary of some electronics

'He sees the two suspects trying to flag him down in the parking lot,' said Ogden Police Lt. Eric Young 'and he goes over to their location and realizes that their vehicle has actually been burglarized.

'I think they were unlucky. This is something that happened. I guess it wasn’t dark, but it was starting to get dark.'

CCTV cameras in the car park caught what appears to be a man in a red sweater breaking into Alexander's vehicle.

The value of the good stolen from their car was put at $60 while the value of the goods they attempted to steal from the store was $40.